William ABNEY

M, b. circa 1422, d. after 1471
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12th great-grandfather of John Kennedy BROWN Jr.
St. Thomas Chapel at Willesley Hall
     William ABNEY, son of John ABNEY and (?) de Ingwardby, was born circa 1422 in Willesley, Derbyshire, England.1 He was Lord ex parte of Willesley and Potlock with Thomas de Stoke. Apparently William, or his son John, gained Stoke's portion of the manor as John Abney was sole Lord of Willesley. Possibly Stoke received Potlock in exchange. William assumed the Arms previously born by William D'Ingwardby: Or on a chief gules a demi-lion rampant or between the paws of a pellet. Motto: Fortiteret honeste. The previous coat of the Abneys was: Argent on a cross sable five bezants. This crest went to the Measham line in 1569.2

William ABNEY accepted a presentment against the heirs of William Ingwardby, signifying that the estates and lands of the heirs of William Ingwardby was then in the possession of William Abney, son and heir of John Abney in 1459.3

William ABNEY died after 1471 in Willesley, Derbyshire, England.1
Last Edited=23 Oct 2020

Child of William ABNEY

Citations

  1. [S1030] Raymond Robert Abney Jr., Abney: Ancestry Vol. I, pg. 15.
  2. [S1007] Maxwell Craven, A Derbyshire Armory, Pg. 1.
  3. [S732] The Bernard Family, online http://www.jerrybernard.com/BernardGenerations.htm, 15 Feb 2009.

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